[ the tail earns a wary glance--god, monster, or something else?--but seth is quickly distracted from his caution by the question. ... ah. right. his face heats all over again as he remembers why he'd been cursing in the first place. ]

Nothing, [ he snaps, embarrassed, before forcing himself to take a breath and try again. ] This.. thing. I wasn't expecting-- [ a vague wave of the prompt visible on the small bracelet. ('watch', they call it.) then he scowls. ] I don't know why I wasn't expecting it. Everything else has been like this so far.

[ not for the first time since his arrival, he's grateful that neither horus nor the foreigner are here. .. or, fucking help him, osiris. ]